Why did I have to pay twice for my Thai e-visa and immigration extension?

I am still convinced u must of asked for the wrong visa or given the wrong type? As I applied for the e visa online.

Back in September, I came out on the 21st

And landed the twenty second I was stamped in for 3 months?

I think u confused the “validity of visa” with the length of stay.

The validity of visa was 90 days which mean you have 90 days period to enter Thailand and initiate the period of stay which is 60 days.

Same problem I had, thinking you can get visa for the amount of days you want !! You can't, only 60 day tourist visa from the thai consulate, I was told at the embassy i needed to go to immigration to get extra 30 day but maybe mau, I didn't listen, ended up overstaying to the amount of 20,000฿ ,

Only because of tod's good wisdom, I got off lightly 20,000,฿ fine and 1 year ban( the red mark still causes problems and cannot be removed)

Cheers Tod

Clearly says it is for 60 days on the London page

This is what happens when you do not do any research. Lesson learned for the next time.

Did you apply for a Tourist Visa or Non-O Visa?

You didn't need an evisa for 60 days, you could have come visa exempt. Either way you would have needed to pay the 1900 baht for a 30 day extension.

Tod is spot on (as always) with his detailed reply. It’s not the fault of the visa it’s the poor choice you made. Some countries don’t get 60 days on arrival so it maybe beneficial to some.

You only get a tourist visa if you have already had a couple of 60 days on arrival,otherwise you wasted ya money.

If I read your rant 😮 err post correctly 😉 I believe you applied for a single entry tourist visa from the thai consulate in London online via the eVisa website

The VISA is valid for 90 days <- meaning you have that long to ENTER thailand on it and when you do (if it was indeed a single entry tourist visa) you'd have gotten stamped in for 60 days just like everyone who enters on one gets.

You are correct, there is no upside to buying a single entry tourist visa which gets you 60 days when you stamp in because since July 2024 visa exempt entries are 60 days for brits, 😕

You are also correct, on either entry stamp (60 day tourist visa or 60 day visa exempt) if you wanted to stay longer you would have had to go to the office and get a 30 day extension (for 1900baht not 2000 😉 )

𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲-𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬𝗕𝗮𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲. I covered that, you didn't have to get the eVisa, you confused the validity of the visa 90 days (which is how long you have to enter the country on it) with the amount of time you get stamped in on that visa which is 60 days 😕

𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗲-𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆. You do have a point, as long as the visa exempt entry remains 60 days for brits there is no upside to buying a single entry tourist visa online before you wing your way here

Live and learn.